Johnson was convicted in January of criminally negligent homicide and aggravated child neglect in the death of 12-year-old Andrea Ruth.

The girl suffered from asthma, hypertension, and obesity. She was bed ridden and unable to walk. Testimony revealed that she had developed gangrene in her feet so advanced that bones were visible and that first responders saw maggots beneath dirty bandages on her feet.

She lost some 50 pounds between May 2011 and November 2012, when she died.